Femnet

FEMNET is a non-profit organization, which stands up for the economic, cultural and social rights of women. The organization specifically supports women in the garment industry in Asia - women who are fighting for their rights. FEMNET provides educational and awareness seminars in Germany about the working conditions in the garment industry. Women in Bangladesh or India represent the majority of the employees in the garment industry. They especially suffer under the cruel working conditions, like the extremely low wages, the lack of organizational freedom, unpaid and forced overtime, sexual harassment and other forms of gender-specific discrimination as well as insecure employment.